After graduation I have been working for a global GIS corporation for about 3.5 years before returning to academic work.

In my PhD thesis titled “Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Terrorism Vulnerability – A Case Study of Central Tokyo, Japan” I focused on the use of spatial methods for the assessment of threats, especially terrorism, in urban areas, specifically in Japanese cities. The scientific approach I used in my research is the one of vulnerability analysis as opposed to risk analysis, which is more widely done in contemporary research. The approach to apply spatial methodology in the vulnerability analysis to terrorist threats is fairly new. I’m strongly convinced that socio-spatial factors and processes determine vulnerability and am led in my research by the hypothesis that vulnerability is closely related to the relative position in space of buildings, infrastructures or social groups at risk. I believe urban areas to be the most suitable study area, as this is where the aforementioned processes can be observed, measured and operationalized. The main target of my research is to put the approach of Spatial Urban Vulnerability Analysis on the agenda of both the spatial research and the hazard research community, as I believe that spatial methodology can further enhance vulnerability analysis.

After successfully finishing my PhD program in summer 2014 I started working as a research associate at the Institute for Transport Research at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin, where I’ve been involved in the modeling of urban mobility and its bidirectional correlations with spatial structure.

Since March 2016 I’m back in the commercial world, working as a Sales Consultant for Tableau – helping people see and understand their data. You can find some of the vizzes and presentations I crafted on my Tableau Public page.

Hashimoto, M.; Greger, K.; Mashita, M.; Yamamoto, T.; Kubo, T. (2012). 日立市における東日本大震災時の地域防災: 防災対策および避難所運営状況に着目して (Regional Disaster Prevention in the City of Hitachi at the Time of the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Focus on the Disaster Prevention and Shelter Management Situation.) 地域研究年報 (Annals of Human and Regional Geography) Vol. 34, 111-136. 筑波大学人文地理学・地誌学研究会 (Tsukuba University Research Association for Human and Regional Geography): Tsukuba, Japan. (in Japanese) PDF

2011

Greger, K. (2011). Spatial Analysis of Large-Scale Man-Made Disasters Using GIS – An Exemplary Implementation for Air Traffic Accidents. 2011年全国共同利用研究発表大会 (Proceedings of the Session of Inter-University Research Activities in Japan “CSIS Days 2011”), 31. Abstract, Poster

Hashimoto, M.; Greger, K.; Mashita, M.; Yamamoto, T.; Kubo, T.; Matsui K. (2011). 日立市における地震被害と土地条件との関係 (The Relationship Between Soil Condition and Earthquake Damage in the City of Hitachi.) 第20回研究発表大会会報 (Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the GIS Association of Japan), B-4-2. (in Japanese with English abstract) PDF

Greger, K. (2003). Medienstadt München. Arbeiten und Leben in der New-Media-Branche. Vorstellung eines Forschungsprojekts. (Media City Munich. Life and Work in the New Media Field. Introduction of a Research Project.) Online at http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/16/16157/1.html. (German)

2013

Greger, K.; Murayama, Y. (2013). Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Bicycle Commuting Behavior in the Greater Tokyo Area Using a Micro-Scale Persontrip Database. Presented at the Session of Inter-University Research Activities in Japan “CSIS Days 2013” on Nov 23. Kashiwa, Japan. Abstract